Musical Circles

ABSTRACT

An interactive, entertainment floor game with a singular traverse path from which players attempt to possess an indicia when the music stops, repeating this process until all, except for one player, is eliminated from the game and the remaining player is declared the winner.

FIELD OF INVENTION

The present invention relates to the field of interactive entertainmentand methods for using such systems by a group of players.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

A large variety of games exist for entertainment and educationalpurposes. Some games involve the movement of a participant about a gamearea, for example hopscotch and the game sold under the trademarkTWISTER. While many of these games can be entertaining, they lack theexcitement and the sense of involvement associated with the physicalmovement of the participants through the game board. Hence, the need fora game that gives players the opportunity to be truly interactivethroughout all stages of the game in a very fun way.

DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ART

U.S. Pat. No. 6,322,074 issued to Forrest, Et Al., on 27 Nov. 2001describe an interactive quiz game where players correctly provideanswers to questions or clues in order to advance from the start pointto the finish point.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,679,075 issued to Forrest, Et al., on 21 Oct. 1997describe an interactive game where players move between portions of theprerecorded narrative and the puzzles that are positioned at selectedlocations in a defined space.

U.S. Pat. No. 6,254,101 issued to Jason Phillips Young, on 3 Jul. 2001describe a floor game including tiles which are laid on a playingsurface forming a playing area and an optical instrument.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,090,880 issued to William B. Lammersen, on 1 Mar. 1997describes a game with a novel & improved pattern or arrangements ofrepresentations or outlines of human forms on a surface.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,507,495 issued to Robert J. Kiss on 16 Apr. 1996describes a game for teaching alphabet, numbers, colors, shapes and mathalong with coordination and motor skills.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,248,152 issued to Robert R. Timmerman on 28 Sep. 1993describes a game that employs a number of footprint markers whichplayers take turns laying down.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

The present invention comprises an entertainment game in which aplurality of players attempt to become the last player in the game. Theentertainment game includes a playing surface on which is illustrated aplaying course with multiple starting points and a single path of travelfor the players and is further composed of a plurality non-contiguousplaying spaces. In addition, one playing space contains indicia whichdesignates that playing space as the “SAFEST” which offers the mostbenefit to the player landing on that indicia. Several playing spacescontain indicia which denotes special events such as “SAFE”, and “NOTSAFE”.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a top plain view of the playing area of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Illustrated in FIG. 1 is a preferred embodiment of an entertainmentsystem which can be played by a plurality of players, and which isdesigned to provide entertainment for players. The game includes aplaying surface FIG. 1 manufactured from durable fabric or plasticmaterial. The course direction as defined by arrows 14, 15, 16, 17denotes a counter clockwise path of travel players take during the game.Players line up around the outer edges of the floor mat facing thedirection of the arrows 14, 15, 16, 17 and begin moving in saiddirection when the music begins to play. Players move in said directionuntil the music stop. At which time the players attempt to assumepossession of one of the circles 1-15. Players on indicia labeled “NOTSAFE” 1, 3, 5, 8, 11, 13 offers said player the least protection fromelimination. The indicia labeled “SAFE” 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, offersplayers the next least protection from elimination. And the indicialabeled “SAFEST” 10 offers players the most protection from elimination.

1. A method of performing a game by a plurality of players in a definedspace comprising the steps of: The playing course having a single paththereon to be traversed; The playing course including a plurality ofnon-contiguous playing spaces; Providing a plurality of starting pointsat which players begin the game.
 2. The game of claim 1 wherein at leastone playing space of the playing course includes indicia directing thatthe player landing thereon can be subjected to protection fromelimination.
 3. The game of claim 1 wherein at least one playing spaceof the playing course includes indicia directing the player landingthereon could be eliminated from the game only after players on otherindicia are eliminated.
 4. The game of claim 1 wherein at least oneplaying space of the playing course includes indicia directing theplayer landing thereon could be eliminated from the game before playerson other indicia could be eliminated.